ONE woman has proudly shown off how she made her IKEA wardrobes look fitted during her home renovation.
Revealing how easy it was to create the built-in look, Steph, from Belmont, USA says that most people don't know about this simple hack.
Taking to her TikTok account, Steph shares how the couple built a base for the Pax wardrobe to sit in first.
Posting under the domain @stephfrom_belmont, Steph shares many behind the scenes videos of her 11900 Victorian home renovation.
Captioning the post, Steph said: "IKEA Pax wardrobe hack – we built in our bedroom wardrobes. Did we succeed?"
Showing a picture of her large white wardrobes in a master bedroom she added: "Wanna know how to make your IKEA wardrobes look built-in?"
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Steph showed how the first step is to build a base for your wardrobe to sit on, they used MDF for this, which can be found at B & Q.
"Build a base for the Pax wardrobe to sit on. We used MDF for this" said Steph.
Adding: "Lift the wardrbes onto the base and screw through so they are fixed. We also fixed the sides to the wall from the inside."
After this step, it is important to close the gaps you are left with.
"You're left with gaps wither side of the chimney. We used white melamine and fixed to the sides of the wardrobe" said the homeowner.
Adding: "We replaced the skirting in the room so took it across the front of the wardrobes. We made the base to fit the size of the skirting to make it seemless."
Steph shows the finished result of two built-in-looking wardrobes saying "job done."
The post has been viewed a whopping 58.5k times and TikTok users have been quick to comment.
"Definatly doing this in my next home" commented one person.
Another said:"Such a good idea and way creaper than getting ones built in."
"Looks good! You should add a piece of wood to the top of the wardrobes as well" commented a third.
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